List of vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford
The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford is the chief executive and leader of the University of Oxford. The following people have been vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford :
Chronological list
- 1230 - Elyas de Daneis
- 1270 - Robert Steeton
- 1288 - John Heigham
- 1304 - John de Oseworhd
- 1311 - Walter Gifford
- 1325 - Richard Kamshale
- 1333 - Richard FitzRalph
- 1336 - John de Ayllesbury
- 1337 - John de Reigham
- 1347 - Hugh de Willoughby
- 1348 - William de Hawkesworth
- 1367 - John de Codeford
- 1368 - John de Codeford
- 1377 - Robert Aylesham
- 1382 - Fr Peter Stokes
- 1386 - Henry Nafford or Yafford
- 1389 - John Lyndon
- 1391 - John Ashwardby
- 1394 - Richard Ullerston
- 1396 - Nicholas Faux
- 1397 - William Farendon or Faringdon
- 1399 - John Snappe and others
- 1401 - William Farendon
- 1404 - Griffin Kirkadam
- 1405 - William Farendon
- 1406 - John Whytehede
- 1407 - John Orum
- 1422 - John Daventry
- 1426 - Richard Roderham
- 1430 - Thomas Eglesfield
- 1431 - Richard Roderham
- 1433 - John Burbach or Hurbach
- 1434 - Thomas Gascoigne, Christopher Knolles, John Burbach
- 1435 - John Burbach, Thomas Bonyngworth
- 1436 - John Burbach, Thomas Greneley
- 1437 - John Gorsuch, Thomas Greneley
- 1438 - John Gorsuch, William Hawtrine
- 1439 - John Gorsuch, John Burbach, Thomas Southam, Thomas Gascoigne
- 1440 - John Gorsuch
- 1441 - John Gorsuch, Robert Thwaytes, William Babington
- 1442 - William Grey, William Babington, John Gorsuch, William Westkarre
- 1443 - William Dowson, William Westkarre
- 1444 - William Dowson, Richard Hall, William Westkarre
- 1445 - William Dowson, John Selot
- 1446 - William Westkarre, John Moreton, William Dowson
- 1447 - John Burneby, William Dowson
- 1448 - John Burneby
- 1449 - John Willey, John Burneby, William Dowson
- 1450 - Richard Ringstede, John Beke, Roger Bulkeley, John Van
- 1451 - John Beke, John Van
- 1452 - John Beke, Thomas Tweyn or Yweyn alias Chalke, Thomas Saunders
- 1453 - Luke Lacock, Robert Thwayts, Thomas Saunders
- 1454 - Thomas Tweyn, Thomas Saunders
- 1455 - Thomas Twynge alias Bonifaunt
- 1456 - Thomas Saunders
- 1457 - Thomas Chippenham
- 1458 - Walter Wynhale, Thomas Twynge
- 1459 - John Danvers, Thomas Jaune or Jane
- 1460 - Thomas Tweyn
- 1461 - William Ive, Roger Bulkeley
- 1462 - William Ive
- 1463 - John Watts, Thomas Chaundler, David Husband, John Mulcaster
- 1464 - Laurence Cokkys, Thomas Chaundler, Roger Bulkeley, John Caldbeck, Thomas Person
- 1465 - Thomas Smith, Robert Ixworth, John Caldbeck, Thomas Chaundler
- 1466 - Thomas Chaundler, John Caldbeck, Thomas Stevyn, Laurence Cokkys, Thomas Hill
- 1467 - Thomas Chaundler, Thomas Stevyn, Thomas Walton
- 1468 - Thomas Stevyn, Thomas Jaune
- 1469 - Robert Tulley, Thomas Jaune
- 1470 - Thomas Stevyn
- 1480 - John Lane, William Sutton
- 1481 - Richard Fitzjames, William Sutton
- 1482 - Robert Wrangwais, William Sutton
- 1484 - Richard Mayew, Thomas Pawnton
- 1485 - Richard Mayew
- 1486 - John Taylor
- 1487 - Richard Estmond
- 1488 - John Coldale
- 1489 - John Coldale
- 1490 - John Coldale
- 1491 - Richard Fitzjames, John Coldale
- 1492 - John Coldale
- 1493 - Robert Smith
- 1497 - William Atwater
- 1498 - Thomas Harpur
- 1499 - David Hays, William Atwater, Thomas Chaundeler
- 1500 - William Atwater
- 1501 - Thomas Banke, Hugh Saunders alias Shakspeere
- 1502 - William Atwater, Thomas Banke, Hugh Saunders
- 1503 - John Thornden or Thornton, John Kynton, Simon Grene alias Fotherby
- 1504 - John Kynton, Robert Tehy or Thay
- 1505 - Simon Grene, John Roper, John Adams
- 1506 - John Thornden, William Fauntleroy
- 1507 - John Thornden or Thornton, John Avery, John Kynton
- 1508 - William Fauntleroy, John Thornden
- 1509 - William Fauntleroy
- 1510 - John Thornden, John Mychell
- 1511 - William Fauntleroy, Thomas Drax, John Roper, John Cockys, Edmund Wylsford
- 1512 - Edmund Wylsford, William Fauntleroy, John Kynton
- 1513 - William Fauntleroy, John Kynton, John Thornden
- 1514 - John Thornden, Lawrence Stubbs, Edmund Wylsford, Hugh Whytehead
- 1515 - Edmund Wylsford
- 1516 - Lawrence Stubbs
- 1517 - Richard Duck or Doke
- 1518 - Richard Duck or Doke
- 1519 - Richard Barnack, Richard Duck or Doke
- 1520 - William Broke or Brook, Richard Benger
- 1521 - Richard Benger
- 1522 - Richard Benger
- 1523 - Thomas Musgrave
- 1527 - Martin Lyndsey, John Cottisford
- 1528 - John Cottisford
- 1531 - Henry White
- 1532 - John Cottisford, William Tresham
- 1547 - Walter Wright
- 1550 - William Tresham
- 1551 - Owen Oglethorpe
- 1552 - James Brookes or Brooks, Richard Marshall
- 1553 - Richard Marshall
- 1554 - John Warner
- 1555 - Richard Smyth
- 1556 - William Tresham, Thomas Raynolds
- 1557 - Thomas Raynolds, Thomas Whyte
- 1558 - William Tresham
- 1559 - John Warner
- 1560 - Francis Babbington
- 1561 - Francis Babbington
- 1562 - Thomas Whyte
- 1564 - John Kennall
- 1567 - Thomas Cowper
- 1570 - Thomas Cowper
- 1571 - Lawrence Humphrey
- 1576 - Herbert Westfaling
- 1577 - William Cole
- 1578 - Martin Culpepper
- 1579 - Tobias Matthew
- 1580 - Arthur Yeldard
- 1581 - William James
- 1582 - Robert Hovenden
- 1583 - Thomas Thornton
- 1584 - John Underhill
- 1585 - Edmund Lilly
- 1586 - Daniel Bernard
- 1587 - Francis Wyllis
- 1588 - Martin Heton
- 1589 - Nicholas Bond
- 1590 - William James
- 1592 - Nicholas Bond
- 1593 - Edmund Lilly
- 1596 - Thomas Ravys
- 1598 - Thomas Singleton
- 1599 - Thomas Thornton
- 1600 - George Abbot
- 1601 - George Ryves
- 1602 - John Howson
- 1603 - George Abbot
- 1604 - John Williams
- 1605 - George Abbot
- 1606 - Henry Airay
- 1607 - John King
- 1611 - Thomas Singleton
- 1614 - William Goodwyn
- 1616 - Arthur Lake
- 1617 - William Goodwyn
- 1619 - John Prideaux
- 1621 - William Piers
- 1624 - John Prideaux
- 1626 - William Juxon
- 1628 - Accepted Frewen
- 1630 - William Smyth
- 1632 - Brian Duppa
- 1634 - Robert Pincke
- 1636 - Richard Baylie
- 1638 - Accepted Frewen
- 1640 - Christopher Potter
- 1641 - John Prideaux
- 1642 - John Prideaux in absentia
- 1643 - John Tolson, Robert Pincke
- 1645 - Samuel Fell
- 1648 - Edward Reynolds
- 1650 - Daniel Greenwood
- 1652 - John Owen
- 1657 - John Conant
- 1660 - Paul Hood
- 1661 - Richard Baylie
- 1662 - Walter Blandford
- 1664 - Robert Say
- 1666 - John Fell
- 1669 - Peter Mews
- 1673 - Ralph Bathurst
- 1676 - Henry Clerk
- 1677 - John Nicholas
- 1679 - Timothy Halton
- 1682 - John Lloyd
- 1685 - Timothy Halton
- 1686 - John Venn
- 1687 - Gilbert Ironside
- 1689 - Jonathan Edwards
- 1692 - Henry Aldrich
- 1695 - Fitzherbert Adams
- 1697 - John Meare
- 1698 - William Paynter
- 1700 - Roger Mander
- 1702 - William Delaune
- 1706 - William Lancaster
- 1710 - Thomas Brathwait
- 1712 - Bernard Gardiner
- 1715 - John Baron
- 1718 - Robert Shippen
- 1723 - John Mather
- 1728 - Edward Butler
- 1732 - William Holmes
- 1735 - Stephen Niblett
- 1738 - Theophilus Leigh
- 1741 - Walter Hodges
- 1744 - Euseby Isham
- 1747 - John Purnell
- 1750 - John Browne
- 1753 - George Huddesford
- 1756 - Thomas Randolph
- 1759 - Joseph Browne
- 1765 - David Durell
- 1768 - Nathan Wetherell
- 1772 - Thomas Fothergill
- 1776 - George Horne
- 1780 - Samuel Dennis
- 1784 - Joseph Chapman
- 1788 - John Cooke
- 1792 - John Wills
- 1796 - Scrope Berdmore
- 1797 - Edmund Isham
- 1798 - Michael Marlow
- 1802 - Whittington Landon
- 1806 - Henry Richards
- 1807 - John Parsons
- 1810 - John Cole
- 1814 - Thomas Lee
- 1818 - Frodsham Hodson
- 1820 - George William Hall
- 1824 - Richard Jenkyns
- 1828 - John Collier Jones
- 1832 - George Rowley
- 1836 - Ashhurst Turner Gilbert
- 1840 - Philip Wynter
- 1844 - Benjamin Parsons Symons
- 1848 - Frederick Charles Plumptre
- 1852 - Richard Lynch Cotton
- 1856 - David Williams
- 1858 - Francis Jeune
- 1862 - John Prideaux Lightfoot
- 1866 - Francis Leighton
- 1870 - Henry George Liddell
- 1874 - James Edwards Sewell
- 1878 - Evan Evans
- 1882 - Benjamin Jowett
- 1886 - James Bellamy
- 1890 - Henry Boyd
- 1894 - John Richard Magrath
- 1898 - Sir William Reynell Anson
- 1899 - Thomas Fowler
- 1901 - David Binning Monro
- 1904 - William Walter Merry
- 1906 - Thomas Herbert Warren
- 1910 - Charles Buller Heberden
- 1913 - Thomas Banks Strong
- 1917 - Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston
- 1920 - Lewis Richard Farnell
- 1923 - Joseph Wells
- 1926 - Francis William Pember
- 1929 - Frederick Homes Dudden
- 1932 - Francis John Lys
- 1935 - Alexander Dunlop Lindsay
- 1938 - George Stuart Gordon
- 1941 - Sir William David Ross
- 1944 - Sir Richard Winn Livingstone
- 1947 - William Teulon Swan Stallybrass
- 1948 - Reverend John Lowe
- 1951 - Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra
- 1954 - Alic Halford Smith
- 1957 - John Cecil Masterman
- 1958 - Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase
- 1960 - Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington
- 1962 - Walter Fraser Oakeshott
- 1964 - Kenneth Clinton Wheare
- 1966 - John Norman Davidson Kelly
- 1966 - Kenneth Turpin
- 1969 - Alan Bullock, Lord Bullock of Leafield
- 1973 - Sir John Habakkuk
- 1977 - Sir Rex Richards
- 1981 - Sir Geoffrey Warnock
- 1985 - Lord Neill of Bladen
- 1989 - Sir Richard Southwood
- 1993 - Sir Peter North
- 1997 - Sir Colin Lucas
- 2004 - Sir John Hood
- 2009 - Andrew D. Hamilton
- 2016 - Dame Louise Richardson
- 2023 - Irene Tracey